African political economy : contemporary issues in development /

Comprises 12 papers grouped under two themes: Development problems and issues; and Toward policy reform and change. Covers trends from the 1970s to 1990s

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hope, Kempe Ronald, Sr., 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1997
Armonk, N.Y. : ©1997
Armonk, N.Y. : [1997]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Development Problems and Issues
  • 1 The Economic Crisis in Africa: An Analytical Perspective on Its Origins and Nature
  • 2 Growth, Unemployment, and Poverty in Botswana
  • 3 Urbanization and Urban Management in Africa
  • 4 The Subterranean Economy in Developing Societies: The Evidence from Africa
  • 5 The Socio-economic Context of AIDS in Africa
  • 6 Bureaucratic Corruption in Africa: Causes and Consequences
  • Part II Toward Policy Reform and Change
  • 7 Development Policy and the Poor: Toward an Alternative Policy Framework for Africa
  • 8 Structural Adjustment Programs as Policy Reform: An Assessment of Their Objectives and Impact in the SADC Countries
  • 9 Managing Development Policy in Botswana: Implementing Reforms for Rapid Change
  • 10 Controlling Bureaucratic Corruption in Africa
  • 11 Decetralization, the New Public Administration and the Changing Role of the Public Sector in Africa
  • 12 The Challenge of Policy Reform and Change in Africa
  • The economic crisis in Africa: an analytical perspective on its origins and nature
  • Growth, unemployment, and poverty in Botswana
  • Urbanization and urban management in Africa
  • The subterranean economy in developing societies: the evidence from Africa
  • The socioeconomic context of AIDS in Africa
  • Bureaucratic corruption in Africa: causes and condequences
  • Development policy and the poor: toward an alternative policy framework for Africa